Obituaries

Jun 30, 1956

Captain Robert Shirley age 48, had been with United Air Lines since 1937. Captain Shirley accumulated a total of 16,492 flight hours by the time he took command of Flight 718 on June 30th.

Jan 23, 1956

Born: August 4, 1895 Died:January 23, 1956 Home: Princeton, West Virginia Married to: Carrie Viola Gordon; Family: Brothers James, John, J.W. 'Spot' Willa

Sep 11, 1955

Aug 28, 1955

From Biography.com Emmett LoEmmett Louis Till was born on July 25, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Louis and Mamie Till. Till never knew his father, a private in the United States Army during World War II. Mamie and Louis Till separated in 1942, and three years later, the family received word from the Army that the...

Aug 13, 1955

Lamar Smith (1892 – August 13, 1955) was a U.S. civil rights figure, black farmer, World War I veteran and an organizer of black voter registration. He was shot to death in broad daylight around 10 a.m. at close range on the lawn of the Lincoln County courthouse in Brookhaven, Mississippi.

May 7, 1955

George W. Lee (December 25, 1903 – May 7, 1955) was an African American civil rights leader, minister, and entrepreneur. He was a vice president of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership and head of the Belzoni, Mississippi branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was assassinated in 1955.

Jun 11, 1954

Betty Evelyn Butler

BIRTH 1928 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA DEATH 11 Jun 1954 (aged 25–26) Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA BURIAL Saint Joseph New Cemetery Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA

Betty Evelyn Butler

BIRTH 1928 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA DEATH 11 Jun 1954 (aged 25–26) Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA BURIAL...

Sep 8, 1953

Fred Vinson was the 13th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Fred Vinson was born on January 22, 1890, in Louisa, Kentucky. In 1923, he filled a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1938 to 1943, he served in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington,...

Jun 3, 1948

Donald Ray Davis, age 67, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born June 3, 1948 in Montgomery, Ohio. Visitation is from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm, on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at the Walker- Findlay, 930 FIndlay Street, (45214). The funeral service will immediately follow the visitation beginning at 3:00 pm. You may express...

Jul 8, 1945

CONWAY, Edward M. Edward M. Conway Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a.m. tomorrow in St. Margaret Mary Church, North College Hill, for Edward M. Conway, cafe owner, who died suddenly at his home, 6827 Bake Avenue., North College Hill Friday. The Mt. Healthy Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which Mr. Conway was a member, will hold...

Mar 4, 1944

Wells Goodykoontz, age 71,  was born June 3, 1872 in Newbern, Pulaski County, Virginia.  He passed away March 2, 1944, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the son of William McKendree Goodykoontz (1842-1910) and Lucinda Katherine Wootwine Goodykoontz (1849-1931).

He was married to Irene Hooper Goodykoontz (1874-1959).

U.S. Congressman. He attended Oxford Academy, the law department...

May 22, 1943

Helen Louise Herron 'Nellie' Taft (June 2, 1861–May 22, 1943) As 'the only unusual incident' of her girlhood, 'Nellie' Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White House at 17 as the guest of President and Mrs.Hayes, intimate friends of her parents. Fourth child of Harriet Collins and John W. Herron, born in 1861, she had grown up in...

Jun 14, 1940

In Loving Memory Of Elbert Williams Elbert Williams is the first known member of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to be murdered for his civil rights activities. Williams was born on October 15, 1908 in rural Haywood County, Tennessee, the son of farmer Albert Williams and wife Mary Green Williams. In 1929 Williams married...

Jan 7, 1939

Beverly Ann Blye, age 57, passed away December 19, 1996 in Cincinnati.  She was born January 7, 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Preston Sparks and Sarah E. Carter.

She was married to Kirby Blye.

Interment December 27, 1996 at  Vine Street Hill Cemetery.

Jan 3, 1939

Yvonne Rebecca Case Niece, age 80, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2019,  at St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas, Kentucky.  She was born on January 3, 1939, in Chattanoga, Tennessee.

As an expression of sympathy, flowers are welcomed.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family via US Bank account# 145812168055, or to the...

Jul 21, 1938

Bernard Henry 'Barney' Kroger, Sr Born Jan. 24, 1860 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Death: Jul. 21, 1938 Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Grocery Store Magnate. Kroger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio the fifth of ten children in a family of German immigrants. The family lived above a dry goods store that his parents owned, but Kroger was forced to...

Jul 16, 1936

Mary Frances Avery Creighton The media nicknamed her 'Borgia.' She married John Creighton and they had one child together, a daughter named Ruth. Mary and her husband John had been arrested for the death of her brother, Raymond Avery, who was poisened by a lethal dose of Arsenic. Mary had been named as a beneficiary in his insurance policy...

May 11, 1936

Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936), best known as A. Mitchell Palmer, was Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921.

Jan 12, 1936

John Francis Hylan was born April 20, 1868 in Hunter, New York. He passed away January 12, 1936. He was a graduate of New York Law School in Manhattan. He was a long-time resident of Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn . He was the former Mayor of New York He was a long-time resident of the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn....

Sep 11, 1935

CHARLES G. NORRIS, MD

Charles G. Norris, M.D. was the first Medical Examiner for the City of New York. Norris was born on December 4, 1867. He was first educated at Cutler's Private School in Manhattan, later entering Yale University and earning a bachelor of philosophy with emphasis on science. He then went to the Columbia University...